CR postcode area

The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area,[2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover parts of southern Greater London and north-east Surrey.

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Croydon
United Kingdom postcode area
CR
Coordinates: 51.356°N 0.099°W / 51.356; -0.099
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
CR
Postcode area name
Croydon
Post towns10
Postcode districts11
Postcode sectors66
Postcodes (live)7,906
Postcodes (total)14,632
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The main sorting office is in Croydon, and the area served includes most of the London Borough of Croydon, the southeastern part of the London Borough of Merton and small parts of the London Boroughs of Sutton and Bromley. Most of CR3 and CR6 cover the northern part of the Tandridge district of Surrey, and the southern part of CR5 covers a small part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.

Croydon was the second town, after Norwich, to have experimental postcodes, introduced in 1966. This trialled the postcode area CRO (letter 'O'), while Norwich used NOR for its equivalent. It was decided that the outward (first) part of a postcode should be alphanumerical, so CRO became CR0 (digit '0') and NOR became NR1. The CR1 postcode has not been introduced, making CR the only postcode area with a district 0 but not a district 1.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

! CR0 | CROYDON | Croydon, Addiscombe, Woodside (part), Selhurst, Broad Green, Spring Park, Shirley, Addington, New Addington, Coombe, Forestdale, Waddon, Beddington, Thornton Heath (part) | Croydon, Sutton |- ! CR2 | SOUTH CROYDON | South Croydon, Sanderstead, Selsdon, part of Addington | Croydon |- !rowspan=2|CR3 | CATERHAM | Caterham, Chaldon, Woldingham |rowspan=2|Tandridge, Croydon |- | WHYTELEAFE | Whyteleafe |- ! CR4 | MITCHAM | Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Pollards Hill, Eastfields, Beddington Corner | Merton, Sutton, Croydon |- ! CR5 | COULSDON | Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Chipstead, Hooley, Netherne-on-the-Hill, part of Woodmansterne, Clockhouse | Croydon, Reigate and Banstead, Sutton |- ! CR6 | WARLINGHAM | Warlingham, parts of Chelsham and Farleigh, Hamsey Green | Tandridge, Croydon, Bromley |- ! CR7 | THORNTON HEATH | Thornton Heath, Broad Green (part) | Croydon, Merton |- !rowspan=2|CR8 | PURLEY | Purley, Russell Hill |rowspan=2|Croydon, Sutton, Tandridge |- | KENLEY | Kenley |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CR9 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CROYDON | style="background:#FFFFFF;"| | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CR44 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CROYDON | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Jobcentre Plus | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |- ! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CR90 | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|CROYDON | style="background:#FFFFFF;"| | style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic |}

Delivery Offices

Delivery offices are located at Croydon, South Croydon, Caterham, Mitcham, Coulsdon, Thornton Heath and Purley.[3]

Map
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CR postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BR, KT, RH, SE, SM, SW and TN postcode areas.

See also

References
  1. "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/7870/response/20023/attach/2/Delivery%20Offices%20by%20postcodes.pdf
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